I'd like to think he could do better than the French second division. If it's the best chance he has for starting, I suppose he has to take it. But seriously, a US international with Champions' League experience in his athletic prime should be able to land a first division gig.
I don't understand the fan expectation that Top 5 league teams should be blowing down Ethan's door to offer them their No.1 spot. He was just the back up at Club Brugge for 2 seasons. Charleroi, Empoli, Fortuna Sittard or Nimes are all perfectly reasonable moves.
After waiting for two long years, now we're supposed to be reasonable? We can't afford to fall further behind. First division or bust! (e.g., Brest).
He's 26. He's won league and cup titles, as a starter, in Norway and Belgium. He has played - and played well - in Champions' League games. Games. With an S. As in not a fluke.He's played in 10 Europa League games. As a starter. Counting cup and league games, he has 97 domestic starts in Norway and Belgium. Again, for good teams. He has seven caps and just won the Nations League to go with his club trophies. Does that make him a lock for a Top 5 league gig? No. Should it warrant him a shot to be a starter of a first division club? Yes. Maybe at a lower tier Top 5 league or at an upper tier club in a league outside the top 5. He's shown he can play at that level. Simply put, someone with Horvath's pedigree can and should do better than the French second division.
His achievements with Molde won him a move to Brugge... at Brugge he underwhelmed... was replaced and has sat on the bench for the last two season... he should not be expected to be invited in as a starter in a Top 5 league... can he do it at a squad like Empoli? Maybe... it's not unreasonable that he would go to a squad like Nimes though. I'm fine with either outcome. I think people too much emphasis division there's not necessarily that much between the bottom rung of a Top 5 league and the upper tier of that countries second division. His pedigree/career achievements doesn't make him too big for a club like Nimes or another upper tier side in a league like Serie B, 2.Bundesliga etc. There are some very big clubs in those leagues, especially this season. Like, is it really unreasonable the back up at Brugge would go and become the starter at a club lower in the same division like Charleroi? I mean, c'mon. If this dude wasn't American nobody would blink an eye at that.
He just has to make sure that when they promise him "you will start in the league" they don't mean he will start in the league for a single game.
But he's also on a free and I believe he has an EU passport. That has to add to it. His wages can't be too high so he seems a worthy risk for any top 5 league.
Those are not the facts & between this and the other post you're advocating for superficial/bad scouting. Optics are he underwhelmed at Brugge because he got supplanted. Reality is they saw an opportunity to pick up a Belgian nat'l team keeper & as a top Belgian side did it. Beforehand, Horvath had a save % of 80 in league & about the same in European competition (which shows, w/ the int'l performances, he's clearly a starting top 5 league keeper at min.). Those are monster #'s, better than Mignolet in both regards, and even if Simon legitimately had the advantage, this was Liverpool's starter for a while, which doesn't relegate the guy behind him to not a starter in any top 5 league. There's a huge gap between Liverpool and the bottom teams of top 5 leagues. You want to further rationalize it wouldn't be a big deal if he also fell to the 2nd tier. You're an amateur so you can make these mistakes of lack of nuance. But if the gm's at various clubs in a top 5 league who are battling to survive on a yearly basis can't factor in circumstance or even look at a stat sheet they shouldn't have those jobs. Or maybe they should, which is why they're always fighting relegation.
On top of that there was the whole shady ass thing with the old manager Leko? And the goalkeeper who was getting played. Karlo Leticia was his name It was detailed in this thread by someone who was clearly in Ethan's camp
Indeed and Letica has barely played while on 2 separate loans in Serie A and apparently Brugge are gonna dump him.
Former Charleroi GK has suggested the club should consider Horvath: https://www.voetbalnieuws.be/news/605032/svilar-of-horvath-aantrekken-waarom-niet "I think of someone like Ethan Horvath. He is 26 years old, has a good mentality and knows 1A. Moreover, he also gained experience. Mile Svilar? Why not? He had a good education at Anderlecht and has a lot of talent," said Vande Walle in La Dernière Heure
I was gonna say Charleroi was fine then I saw the behind the crest episode with Ethan dropping an emotional f bomb about beating el tri and I’m thinking top 5 league mentality
I wouldn't have ever seen it if you didn't spur my interest in looking it up. Really cool brief video well worth watching! That's a happy locker room full of guys. I'm glad to see that Horvath does have some emotion, because the dude was stone cold and focused in that match. He earned it.
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ive said it before, ill say it again- imagine the union had the allocation spot when howard was returning to mls. would andre blake be an "underwhelming" gk?
Which is why I recommend never using accented names in BS YA thread titles.... Too much work (and I'm not sure the Search function supports accented characters).